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Boleslawski, Richard (Pomian Szredninski)

Film director. Writer. Born 1890 in Warsaw, Poland. From 1910 to 1917 director of the Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia. During the Russian Revolution joined the Polish Legion in Russia, and came to Warsaw, Poland. In 1923 came to U.S. and was engaged as a stage boy. In 1929 went to Hollywood, Cal., where he was engaged as director in Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studio, Culver City, Cal. Among his best known pictures are: "Rasputin and the Empress"; "Clive of India"; "Operator 13"; "Les Miserables"; "Strange Women"; "Metropolitan"; "Smart Sister"; "Theodora Goes Wild"; "Vagabond King"; "Manhattan Madness"; "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney"; "All Quiet on the Western Front"; and one of the greatest technicolor films ever produced: "Garden of Allah." Hobbies: Collecting pipes and art metal work.

Author of following books: "Way of a Lancer": "Lances Down"; "Escape of a Lancer." Died on Jan. 17, 1939, in Los Angeles, Cal.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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